How these docs are organised
All Vote Mama sites are built on one shared theme. Each site then extends that base with its own extra blocks and content types. To avoid repeating everything, the documentation follows the same layering — read the base once, then only the differences per site.
VM General (Lobby)
The foundation shared by all sites: the standard content blocks, the core content types (News, Actions, Team, Videos, Quotes), categories & tags, and the global site settings.
Extends baseVM PAC
Adds the candidate database — Mamas & Victories — with the spreadsheet importer, plus Jobs, extra blocks (Cards slider, Job listing, Stats, Mamas filters), video heroes and a colour theme switch.
Extends baseVM Foundation
Adds a publications library — Work & Research — plus data‑table blocks (CSV Table, Interactive Table), a Search page, finished Columns/Stats blocks and a green colour option.
What's where
| If you want to… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Build a normal page with blocks (hero, text, cards, quotes, CTAs…) | VM General → Content blocks |
| Add or edit News, Actions, Team members, Videos or Quotes | VM General → Content types |
| Change the logo, menus, footer, contact details or pop‑up | VM General → Site settings |
| Import or manage candidates (Mamas) & their wins (Victories) | VM PAC → Mamas & Victories |
| Import the candidate spreadsheet step by step | VM PAC → Importing Mamas |
| Add Job postings | VM PAC → Jobs |
| Update the candidate database each year (what to tick) | VM PAC → Importing Mamas → Updating every year |
| Add Work projects or Research publications | VM Foundation → Work & Research |
| Show a data table from a spreadsheet, or a Search page | VM Foundation → New blocks |